Morgan DistadEmail:Undergraduate Institution: Virginia TechUndergraduate Major: GeochemistryFaculty Advisor: Dr. Stephen Skrabal
Research Area: BiogeochemistryFuture plans or goals: Also undecided, but hope to possibly work for an environmental company doing lab work

Sydney BrothersEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNC Chapel HillUndergraduate Major: BA in Environmental StudiesFaculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Wright
Research Area: Natural product discovery of compounds from marine microbes and structure elucidation using molecular biology techniques Future plans or goals: I hope to work in a research laboratory (academic or private) where I can continue learning new and interesting techniques. I'm open to any career that keeps me intellectually challenged and allows me to live along the coast!

Paulina CaparEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: BS Marine Biology and BA GeoscienceFaculty Advisor: Dr. Andrea HawkesResearch Area: Foraminifera assemblages of the Cape Fear RiverFuture plans or goals: To eventually earn a Ph.D. and either teach or do research abroad.

Shannon HammakerEmail:Undergraduate Institution: Eckerd College Undergraduate Major: Biology with a chemistry minor Faculty Advisor: I'm not positive who it will be yet. I know I will be in the MACRL group and I have mostly been conversing with Dr. Skrabal. Research Area: Oil spills and their chemical consequences Future Plans: I ultimately strive to become a contributing member of the marine science research community- either through government work or through teaching the next generation of scientists. Regardless, I hope to earn my PhD and enjoy any career that will allow me to frequent the coast!

Keith WallsEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: Environmental ScienceFaculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Posey
Research Area: Creating a habitat suitability index (HSI) for the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, as a component of a GIS-based aquaculture siting toolFuture plans or goals: To gain employment with a state agency as a natural resource manager or to work in the private sector as an environmental consultant

Cobi ChristiansenEmail:Undergraduate Institution: Coastal Carolina UniversityUndergraduate Major: Marine ScienceFaculty Advisor:Research Area: Physical oceanographyFuture plans or goals: Complete M.S. degree and land a private or government position where I am able to be part of a research team collecting and analyzing oceanic data. Preferably in Hawaii or California.

James HargroveEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: Marine BiologyFaculty Advisor:Research Area: Benthic ecology - polyculture of Mercenaria mercinaria and Crassostrea virginica
Future plans or goals: Plan on running away to the Indo-Pacific for a few years after graduation

Heather StokerEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: Marine BiologyFaculty Advisor: Dr. Chris FinelliResearch Area:Future Plans or Goals: To work as a marine biology/marine science instructor at a community college or as a conservation biologist with an emphasis on public education

Jennifer ZivkovicEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: Marine Biology, Environmental ScienceFaculty Advisor: Dr. Chad LaneResearch Area: Isotopic climate studies on corals in MicronesiaFuture Plans or Goals: To pursue a Ph.D. and move to the Pacific Northwest or conduct research in high latitudes. I also want to race in the Iditarod -- first, I need a sled-dog team.

Robert LomaxEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: BS in BiologyFaculty Advisor: Dr.
Courtney HackneyResearch Area: Estuarine processes
Future plans or goals: Work in some
way with private or public organizations on
research related to rivers or oceans.
Serve as a research vessel captain and
scientist

Monica CatanachEmail:Undergraduate Institution: Drexel UniversityUndergraduate Major: BS in Environmental ScienceFaculty Advisor: Dr.
Ami WilburFuture plans or goals: I would like to spend as much time in or near the ocean as possible. I strive to make the world a better place in all of my actions.

Casey KellyEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: Marine BiologyFaculty Advisor: Dr. Wade WatanabeFuture Plans or Goals: I’d like to continue working in the aquaculture industry, either in the commercial or marine ornamental field. Really, I just want to make fish babies.

Timothy MossEmail:Undergraduate Institution: UNCWUndergraduate Major: GeographyFaculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne HallsFuture Plans or Goals: To practice coastal advocacy by securing a career with a private, government or non-profit institution

Melody Knowles
Email:
Undergraduate Institution: UNCW
Undergraduate Major: Biology Faculty Advisors: Dr. Larry Cahoon
Research Area:
Future plans or goals: I would like to
continue teaching at a community college and
perhaps continue on to obtain a Ph.D. My
goal is to educate our community in how to
care for the Lockwood Folly River systemHonors: Recipient of the 2008 CMS
Summer Research Award

Holly GabriesEmail:Undergraduate Institution: Juniata CollegeUndergraduate Major: Environmental ScienceFaculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne HallsFuture plans or goals: To obtain a
Ph.D. in geography and work for a government
agency such as NOAA doing remote sensing
research of coastal areasHonors:Recipient of the CMS
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award and first TA to work in the Department of
Environmental Studies at UNCW. Recipient
of the 2007 CMS
Summer Research Award

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